If one day you were to be caught up by the entrepreneurial fire within to start your own Green Business but you do not know how and where to begin, then read on. Entrepreneurs have an advantage when it comes to reaching customers who care about the cause as well as the products.

The concept of "Green Business" has suddenly became sexy, showing up in the cover of every major magazine and depicted in uncountable blogs.
Green business is more than a good idea. It's a practical and powerful way to help create a more environmentally friendly and sustainable economy.
If you wanted to start your own green business, what should you do?

Recycle means to process used items so that the materials can be used to make new products. Reduce refers to lessening the amount of items or resources that we consume, using only the amount that is needed, and looking for alternatives that will lessen our use. Reuse means extending the 'life' or repurposing an item rather than discarding it.
Take a look at the following ideas about sustainable businesses concerning each of the 3 R's:

• Recycle. From license plates to candy wraps and rubber tires, they are being recycled for great business niches. Read these articles about the very creative people who've done it.
  • Profitable niche: From the highway to the fashion runway
  • Keep your money in… a license plate?
  • Sweet money from candy wraps
    
• Reduce. Ideas to help minimize our dependency on fossil fuels, non-renewable resources and scarce supplies. Inspire yourself with these cool ideas:
  • The business of rainwater harvesting
  • Make your own Biodiesel and save big bucks
  • Old wood, new life, great cash
    
• Reuse. Instead of throwing away your used stuff, why don't re use it over and over again. Here are some entrepreneurial tips to do so:
  • Don't trash it; trade it.
  • One man's trash is another man's treasure: Recycling communities
  • Luxury leasing as a Green business

  Of course, you could finance a Green Enterprise or help developing countries artisans and merchants by promoting free trade:

• Money to save the planet, one loan at a time
• How to get rich, fight global poverty and protect the environment
• From trash to treasure: The Scavenger Project